How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"What are you looking for in a medical school?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"Tell me about your research." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Why medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What are you looking for in a medical school?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Tell me about yourself and how you wanted to persue medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Studied my amcas, read up on the school, read this website." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Our student tour guide was probably the most cheeriest person I've encountered - kinda like a sweet valley girl on ephedra + prozac." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"School looks pretty run down, ancient facilities, small library, anatomy labs looked crowded. Several students during the tour told us to go to law school, which was the BIGGEST turn off for me. The Financial Aid advisor was the most boring and dry person I've ever met. He gave a 30 minute lecture on Financial Aid and told us that if you can't afford medical school, get ready to go home to ask mommy and daddy for $$$." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Temple's on probabation for three things: Increasing their class size to 200(which they've fixed and it's down to 180), not enough space/old teaching facilities, and finally student debt." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Expensive, located in a bad part of philly, and the school is on probabation. A couple of students yelled "go to law school" to our tour group, which for me was a BIG red flag." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

11/15/2003